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Category Archives: Diving

air consumption

Improve your air consumption

How to improve your air consumption will be the focus of today’s scuba diving lesson. Your air consumption depends on your body mass, muscle, lung capacity but also on your buoyancy, your comfort underwater, your experience and how you are moving. Before you begin, focus on your goal and create realistic expectations. It is useful…

February 20, 2021Blog, Diving, PADI coursesBy Petra Hellmann

hints and tips for scuba diving

Hints and Tips for Scuba Diving

To all of you infected with a passion for diving and tired of being dry… let’s start with a few hints and tips for scuba diving in preparation for your next dive. In the next couple of blogs we will publish articles on the topics below. Stay tuned! Buoyancy Breathing Techniques How to interact with…

February 2, 2021Blog, Brennia, Corals, Diving, Kihaa, Marine life, PADI coursesBy Petra Hellmann

Who are Nataliia Dobrynska & Katja Fenn?

Let me introduce you, so you can find out who are Nataliia Dobrynska & Katja Fenn? Nataliia Dobrynska She is the 2008 Olympic heptathlon champion, holds the best in shot put and the world record best in indoor penthalon! Nataliia is from the Ukraine and she was here at Brennia Kottefaru with her husband for…

January 20, 2021Blog, Brennia, Diving, sharkBy Petra Hellmann

Dolphin Spotting in the Maldives

Dolphin Spotting in the Maldives In the Maldives dolphin spotting is very easy. There are 38 oceanic dolphins, for example the Dusky, Hourglass, Risso, Hector and the Irrawaddy dolphin. Here in the Maldives we mainly see the Spinner and the Bottlenose dolphins. At both our resorts Brennia in Raa Atoll and Kihaa in Baa Atoll…

December 20, 2020Blog, Brennia, Conservation, Diving, Dolphin, Kihaa, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

harlequin shrimo night dive

Night dives

Our night dive usually starts with a beautiful sunset, as we try to be in the water before it gets completely dark. It is amazing to see how the reef’s dynamic changes as the sun goes down. The fish which are usually active during the day start to slow down, getting ready for “bed”. The…

March 30, 2020Blog, Diving, Kihaa, Marine lifeBy Petra Hellmann

Coral reefs

Coral Reefs of the Maldives

To engage divers and snorkelers here at Kihaa Maldives every Wednesday evening we do a PowerPoint presentation in the hotel library where we talk about the life on a coral reefs. It is fun and educational, we show photos and videos that we have taken throughout the year and we give you some more background…

December 19, 2019Blog, Diving, Kihaa, Marine life, Snorkeling, SymbiosisBy Petra Hellmann

octopus

Octopus, the master of camouflage

While manta season is slowly coming to a close, we have noticed a new sea creature making regular appearances in both our diving and snorkeling trips, octopus! Octopus are Cephalopods, and are actually part of the Mollusca family, meaning that they are a close relative to snails and shellfish. Octopus are considered one of the…

November 29, 2019Blog, Diving, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

ID photos manta

ID photos of marine life

Here at Ocean Dimensions we live and breathe ocean. It’s important to us to do as much as we can to help out with the conservation and protection of our incredible backyard. One of the ways we help is by contributing to NGOs, for example: Manta trust, Olive Ridley Project, and Maldivian Whaleshark Research Program.…

November 21, 2019Blog, Diving, Kihaa, Manta Rays, Marine life, TurtleBy Petra Hellmann

fish locomotion

Fish locomotion

Ever noticed how fish move? Of course we watch them swim and dart around us, some getting almost close to touch then with a tail swish they are gone. At a closer glance you can actually see many different types of movements, adapted by different species of fish. Below are some forms of fish locomotion:…

November 12, 2019Blog, Diving, Marine life, SnorkelingBy Petra Hellmann

Petra investigating 2 moray eels sharing a hole

The secret life of moray eels

Have you ever seen two or more moray eels sharing the same hole? Have you ever wondered why? Recently we had some guests that were really curious about it. We have asked Ariana, our marine biologist, to investigate for us. Well after some research she still couldn’t find the answer, and found out that there…

October 30, 2019Blog, Brennia, Diving, Kihaa, Marine lifeBy Petra Hellmann
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